Flight planning

In this file, the goal is to quantify the historical cloud cover in the planned flight boxes and to assess the implications for BioSCape operations.

Flight Boxes

Figure 1. The full domain (light grey) and planned flight boxes (green). Numbers shown are box IDs (used below).

Figure 1. The full domain (light grey) and planned flight boxes (green). Numbers shown are box IDs (used below).

Cloud cover over time

Focal study sites have been selected on the basis of the following criteria:

Figure 2. Rows represent different flight boxes (see Fig 1.), columns different days.

Figure 2. Rows represent different flight boxes (see Fig 1.), columns different days.

Mean monthly cloud cover

Figure 3. The full domain (light grey) and planned flight boxes, colored by mean monthly cloud cover.Numbers on flight boxes refer to mean cloud cover.

Figure 3. The full domain (light grey) and planned flight boxes, colored by mean monthly cloud cover.Numbers on flight boxes refer to mean cloud cover.

Proportion of clear days for each flight box

Here, we define a “clear” day as one with a mean cloud cover of less than 10 percent.

Figure 4. Proportion of clear days (mean cloud cover < 10% ) for each flight box. Values in boxes are the proportion of clear days for that box

Figure 4. Proportion of clear days (mean cloud cover < 10% ) for each flight box. Values in boxes are the proportion of clear days for that box

Interactive map

The map below is interactive and allows zooming, moving, and toggling layers on/off.

Figure 5.